Audio sounds Tinny upon publish

Hey there,
When publishing a Captivate4 project our audio sounds tinny. While in the project we are able to listen to the slide just fine and then when we publish that is when we get different sound. We record the audio with a Samsung mic right into captivate, crop/clip as needed and then go about our way. We add closed captioning to the session, but have not found that this is a problem.  I have exported the audio to a location and to find out the .wav file is ok but the .mp3 file is tinny.
Is there any way to export the audio and import them directly over the top of the exisiting files in the project? I have only found that it imports back into the library and does not over write the files. Also, am I understanding correctly that when you record the narration that it is a .wav file and then when you publish the file it is a .mp3 file?
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Captivate 4
Windows XP pro svc pk 3
samsung usb mic

Hi there,
Try checking to see what the Audio quality is set to in the Project Information section of the Publish dialog box (File > Publish). By default this should be to set to 96 kbps - Near CD Quality, as shown in the screen shot I have included below.
If this doesn't solve the problem, then I would suggest that you export the audio using the steps I have included below and check to see if the audio still sounds tinny when you play it in an audio player such as Windows Media Player.
Exporting audio
In Edit view choose Audio > Audio Management
Select the entry in the Advanced Audio Management dialog
Press Ctrl + A to select all the other slides
Make sure Include MP3 and WAVE files in export are selected
Click the Export button
In the Browse For Folder dialog select a folder to export the selected audio files to
Click OK.
Click OK again to dismiss the Advanced Audio Management dialog
HTH
Best - Mark
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